Find the Vertex, Focus, Directrix of the parabola equation:

x-(y^2)+4y-2=0

Basically, all you have to do is put the equation in a "standard" form.

Parabola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabola)

I described how to do it in this post:

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/mathematics/how-find-focus-when-vertex-know-350244.html